CONCEPT OF ASSERTIVENESS:
Assertiveness is the way of communicating with other people around us, that is, carrying out communication in the best way to relate to others, in different contacts and scenarios, with the aim of enhancing and putting into practice the behaviors Among these, how does each of the interlocutors feel? That is, how they think and act during communication, among peers, through debate, meetings with friends, coworkers, students, among others.
With the objective, describe, analyze, current, interact between groups, union of couples, With the purpose of enhancing assertive behaviors, with the purpose of maintaining the posture of debating different topics, with arguments in a calm, passive way, respecting thoughts and communicative expressions of each individual in any specific scenario.
In this way, any debate could be described depending on the topic, in an objective way, where relevant values are experienced, without aggressiveness, allowing the interlocutors to express points of view while respecting those of others, with the aim of reaching a happy ending. ,
Furthermore, quoting the Royal Spanish Academy, “Assertiveness consists of a social capacity in which we learn to express our feelings, emotions, we discover a way to respect ourselves, without acting in an aggressive way”
EXAMPLES OF: ASSERTIVENESS QUESTIONS:
Juan de Dios, can you go to the University to look for mom? Because I’m still preparing lunch to eat as a family and I don’t think I’ll have time to look.
Juan de Dios, “I’m sorry sister, because I’m arriving from a trip very exhausted, you come look for her and I’ll wait for you.
Brother: “John of God, I understand that you are tired, it is normal because you forced yourself to get home early. You should realize, not to make such a long trip. I strongly ask you to please look for mom at work, since I am in a hurry making food for lunch as a family, then we can rest peacefully.”